Griddle.



1 E. L. FLANDREAU.

GRIDDLE. urnomxon mm MAY 8, 1907.

Patented. Oct. 13, 1908.

[vii/7555 5 EUGENE L. FLANDREAU, OF PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.

GRIDDLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed May 8, 1907. Serial No. 372,564.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE L. FLAN- DREAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Chester, in the county of VVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Griddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in griddles and the main object of my improvement is to turn the smoke that arises from the griddle in use, into the stove and up the chimney.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a plan View of my griddle, together with a portion of an ordinary cook stove. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the griddle alone, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the griddle and portion of the stove, on the line m at of Fig. 1.

The body A of my griddle is imperforate. It is provided with the usual fiat cooking surface and has a contour in plan view corresponding With that of the usual oblong opening 4 in the top of the stove B, but of a smaller size so that it will readily drop down through the said opening and into a lower plane than the top 5 of the stove. The said body is also provided with the usual elevated border rim 6 for the usual purpose.

The ends of the griddle are each provided with outwardly and upwardly extended lugs 7 having shoulders 8 for engaging and resting upon the top 5 of the stove to support the griddle within the stove directly under the opening, but with the top face of its body below the plane of the stove top 5, as to leave an open draft space into the. stove between the border edges of the griddle and the edges of the opening in the stove top, whereby any smoke that may arise from the body of the griddle will be taken by the draft of the stove, carried through the stove and up the chimney as indicated by the curved darts in Fig. 3. The lugs 7 are preferably provided with handles 9. While the I griddle may be properly supported by the end lugs alone, it may be desired to provide laterally extended lugs 10 at the sides near the middle of the length of the griddle, for engaging the stove top as shown. Such laterally extended lugs will effectually prevent the griddle from tilting laterally on the end lugs. a

I claim as my invention 1. A. griddle having an imperforate body of a shape and size to correspond With the oblong opening in a stove top, the said body havinga fiat cooking surface with an ele' vated border rim around the said cooking surface, and end lugs having shoulders 8 for resting on the top of a stove and handles 9 above the lugs on which the said shoulders are formed, the said lugs extending obliquely upwardly and outwardly from the said elevated rim and then longitudinally outward at their upper ends for supporting the bordered and imperforate cooking surface Within' the stove below the top thereof and with an open draft space around the border rim of the said imperforate body.

2. A' griddle having an imperforate body of a shape to correspond with the oblong opening in a stove top and of a slightly smaller size than the said opening, the said body having a flat cooking surface with an elevated border rim around the said cooking surface, rigid end lugs integral with the said body and rim, the said lugs extending outwardly and upwardly from the said elevated rim and having shoulders 8 for resting on the top of a stove and handles 9 formed on the said lugs at a point above the said shoulders, and laterally extending lugs integral with the said body and rim at the side edges of the body near the middle of its length.

EUGENE L. FLANDREAU.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. CULLY, T. F. FLANDREAU. 

